LL-L "Orthography" 2004.06.07 (08) [E]

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From: Kevin Caldwell <kcaldwell31 at comcast.net>
Subject: LL-L "Orthography" 2004.06.07 (04) [E]

> That reminds me of an argument I sometimes have with my (US-American)
> husband; he thinks it's hilarious that I put a little "r" sound at the end
> of the word "idea". Well, that's how I learned it in school (British
> English, in a German school), and that's how I remember people pronouncing
> it in England and Scotland. So,do they or don't they?
>
> Gabriele Kahn

In the US, that would make you sound like you were from New England or, if
spoken with a drawl, from the South.

Reminds me of a joke I heard the other day (told with a heavy Southern
accent):

What do you call a deer with no eyes?  I have no idear.

Kevin Caldwell (kcaldwell31 at comcast.net)

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From: Sandy Fleming <sandy at scotstext.org>
Subject: "Orthography" [E]

> From: Global Moose Translations <globalmoose at t-online.de>
> Subject: LL-L "Orthography" 2004.06.07 (01) [E]
>
> That reminds me of an argument I sometimes have with my (US-American)
> husband; he thinks it's hilarious that I put a little "r" sound at the end
> of the word "idea". Well, that's how I learned it in school (British
> English, in a German school), and that's how I remember people pronouncing
> it in England and Scotland. So,do they or don't they?

I'll let Englanders speak for themselves on this, but in Scotland,
absolutely not. In Scots and Scottish English the "r" is pronounced (as a
single flap or sometimes a few more) wherver it's written, and never
anywhere else.

If we're talking about pronunciation (rather than writing) then there's
really no such thing as British English - the Scottish varieties are
pronounced in a way completely foreign to any of the English varieties.

Sandy
http://scotstext.org/

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